#BB5636#BB5636

#BB5636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.139 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5636
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 38.55, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 53.83, 44.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1092 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.139 38)
XYZ	xyz(24.4895, 17.4898, 5.5756)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5636 #369BBB

analogous

#BB3659 #BB5636 #BB9936

triadic

#BB5636 #36BB56 #5636BB

tetradic

#BB5636 #59BB36 #369BBB #9936BB

square

#BB5636 #59BB36 #369BBB #9936BB

split-complementary

#BB5636 #36BB99 #3659BB

monochromatic

#5C2A1B #8C4028 #BB5636 #D0795E #DEA18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BB5636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB5636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5636

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5636	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.139 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6886e',
    500: '#bb5636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5636;
$custom-light: #d6886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57377,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.17487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5636

secondary

#84B8C9

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5636

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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